Improvement in combined pepper-mill and caster



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P. OHALAS. Combined Pepper Milfand Caster,

Patented Dec. 17,1878

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P. GHALAS. Combined Pepper Mill' and Caster. No. 210,837. Patented Dec. 17, 1'8?8.

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OombinedPepper Mill and Caster. No. 210,837. Patented Dec. 17, 1878.

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PIERRE OHALAS, OF VALENTIG-NEY, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO PEUGEOT FRERES, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CUMBINED PEPPER-MILL AND CASTER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 210,837, dated December 17, 1878; application filed October 5, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PIERRE CHALAS, of Valentigney, France, manufacturer, haveinvented Improved Combined Pepper-Hill and Caster,

-; It has no crank-handle for rotating the grinding-cone, this being effected by turning between the thumb and fingers the top or bottom of the mill itself, to which the grindingcone is connected.

The annexed drawings show two examples of this invention. In the one the grindingeone is operated by the top cover, and in the other by the bottom or foot of the mill.

\Vith special reference to Sheets 1 and 2, Figure 1 is an elevation; Fig. 2, a central vertical section on lines 1 2, Figs. 3 and 4. Fig. 3 is a top-plan, and Fig. 4: an under-side, view of the pepper-mill and caster, while Fig. 5 is a top view of the same with the rotary top removed. Figs. 6 and 7 SllOW details of the grindin goone and its axis; and Fig. 8 shows an elevation, a section on line 3 4, and a top view of the corresponding concave or grin ding-cylinder; and Fig. 9 shows edge, top, and undersideviews of the rotary top, by which the grindingcone is operated.

In these nine figures the same letters of ref erenee indicate the same parts.

a, box or case; b, concave or grindingcylinder, fixed to the bottom of box a by a stirrup-piece, 0, received in notches c in the bottom flange of the concave I), and secured to a by screws (1; f, grinding-cone, keyed on the lower end of spindle g, of which a part, Ii, at the upper end is square, and part i screw-threaded, for connecting the spindle to the rotary top k. 7' is a metal cross -bar, forming a bearing for spindle g, the round part of which passes through a round hole therein.

The top 7& can turn freely on box a, and to its under side is attached a metal plate, I, having, as well as the top 7:, a square hole to receive the squared part h of spindle g, the spindle and cover 70 being secured together by the milled nut m, which also serves to regulate the distance between the grinding-surfaces of the conef and concave or cylinder b, in order to vary the fineness of the ground product.

In order to fill the mill and caster with pepper-corns, it is merely necessary to remove the top 70 by unscrewing the nut m; or the top 70 may have a hole, closed by a plug or otherwise, at which the pepper-corns can be introduced.

The bottom of box a may be closed by a receptacle of sheet metal, forming a drawer.

In the second arrangement, illustrated in Sheets 3 and 4, the working parts are inverted, the rotary cover by which the grindingcone is operated being new at bottom, and forming a foot or base for the mill and caster when not in use, while the grinding-cone and concave are now at the upper part of and in- -closed by a cap pierced with holes.

To use the pepper-mill and caster, it is inverted like an ordinary pepper-caster, and when not in use it stands upright upon its foot or base, the holes being upward, so that the pepper cannot continue to escape therefrom when the mill is at rest, as might happen with the other arrangement.

With special referenceto Sheets 3 and 4, Fig. 10 is an elevation; Fig. 11, a vertical section on line 1 2, 10; and Fig. '12, a top view of the pepper-mill and caster. Fig. 13 shows the position of the same when in use.

The same letters indicate the same parts in these four figures.

distance of the latter from the concave e is regulated by nut l, as before.

To fill the receptacle a, it is inverted, as in Fig. 13, and the foot k removed.

I claim- A pepper-mill and caster for table use in which the grinding-cone is operated by rotating the top or bottom of the receptacle itself, substantially as shown and described.

I PIERRE CHALAS.

Witnesses:

R0131. M. HOOPER, EUGENE HEBERT. 

